Description
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
Published: 2017-03-29
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16328 The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.397Z

Reserved: 2017-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7301

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-29T15:59:00.223

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7301

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7301 - Bugzilla

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